What game or event made you a Cyclone for life?

[T-oh double D]

We all had that game where it took us from just a fan to a full-fledged Cyclone.

Mine was our win over Miami-Ohio. I was in 5th grade, my mom let me stay home from school so I could watch the game. Hornacek hit the shot at the end- I was hooked. We went on to beat a really good Michigan team two days later. Johnny Orr became my hero.

* Edit: Forward to 15:30 for the shot.




What’s yours?

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

February 14, 2011 when I was accepted into Iowa State University. Valentine's day, of course, and my love for the Cyclones snowballed from there.

 

[Mr Janny]

Kantrail Horton's shot from the Kansas logo.

I grew up always liking Iowa State better than Iowa, but college sports weren't something I was super passionate about. I started following them heavily, starting in 2000. But it was the Kansas game where Horton made that shot, that hooked me for life.

 

[ABECyguy]

January 25, 2016. The #14 Iowa State Cyclones defeat the #4 Kansas Jayhawks 85-72 in Hilton Coliseum. I wasn’t a huge sports fan yet and wasn’t a cyclone fan growing up, so this was my first experience at Hilton as a freshman. I was convinced by friends to camp out for the game (we had some pretty nasty weather too—cold, rain and sleet) and we ended up with great seats about midway up in the lower bowl student section. What a game! This was the Niang-Morris-Nader-Thomas-McKay team with Deonte Burton off the bench. KU led for most of the game until the magic overwhelmed them in the second half. Favorite moment was Matt Thomas intercepting a lazy pass in the final minutes and running it back for an uncontested dunk.

I was fully a cyclone fan and fanatic after that.

 

[JP4CY]

Tim Floyd bought me a shot at Wallabys when I was in high school.
That did it for me.

 

[CysRage]

Unlike most people, my game was a loss.
2000 Elite Eight vs Michigan State. I was heartbroken but became a fan for life because of that game. Also the oldest game I can remember so probably why it made me a fan for life.

Still irks to this day that game was played in Auburn Hills, MI. In the Larry Eustachy interview with CW and Blum they talk about how if that team had KU on their jerseys, ISU would have been the 1 seed and avoided that matchup.

 

[Jdk]

When my dad took me to a game back in the 70’s In Hilton vs unlv priceless

 

[CyGuy5]

Probably when I came out of the womb. Pretty sure I attended my first game when I was 3 months old

 

[Cloneon]

Johnny hiring.

 

[Marcelason78]

The beat down of BYU in 1974. Passing coeds to the top of Clyde Williams was a fun tradition.

 

[T-oh double D]

January 25, 2016. The #14 Iowa State Cyclones defeat the #4 Kansas Jayhawks 85-72 in Hilton Coliseum. I wasn’t a huge sports fan yet and wasn’t a cyclone fan growing up, so this was my first experience at Hilton as a freshman. I was convinced by friends to camp out for the game (we had some pretty nasty weather too—cold, rain and sleet) and we ended up with great seats about midway up in the lower bowl student section. What a game! This was the Niang-Morris-Nader-Thomas-McKay team with Deonte Burton off the bench. KU led for most of the game until the magic overwhelmed them in the second half. Favorite moment was Matt Thomas intercepting a lazy pass in the final minutes and running it back for an uncontested dunk.

I was fully a cyclone fan and fanatic after that.

Yes! I was at that game too- even though we were behind of lot of the game, you just knew we were going to win.

How about all that NBA talent on our roster…wow! Deonte Burton- probably the best pure athlete I’ve ever seen in a Cyclone basketball jersey.

 

[BurgundyClone]

We all had that game where it took us from just a fan to a full-fledged Cyclone.

Mine was our win over Miami-Ohio. I was in 5th grade, my mom let me stay home from school so I could watch the game. Hornacek hit the shot at the end- I was hooked. We went on to beat a really good Michigan team two days later. Johnny Orr became my hero.

* Edit: Forward to 15:30 for the shot.




What’s yours?

When I saw the thread title I was wracking my brain to try to decide -my parents were students in the late 70's and I remember watching Carr wrestle and loved him. But probably your exact post was when I really was hooked- the shot against Miami OH.

 

[bsaltyman]

I can’t point to one game in particular, but I can remember watching the basketball team with Hoiberg, Michalik, and Meyer as a kid and really getting excited for them. I grew up in NW Iowa, close to where Loren Meyer was from, so that helped get me interested.

When they beat Florida in the NCAA tournament was a highlight I can remember. It’s crazy that was about 30 years ago.

 

[ClonerJams]

Willoughby scoring the winning points against Kansas to win the final Big 8 tournament.

Side note, are there any plans for the team to honor him this year? Maybe they did and I missed it.

 

[ISUTex]

Beating Michigan in the NCAA tournament.

 

[Yellow Snow]

We all had that game where it took us from just a fan to a full-fledged Cyclone.

Mine was our win over Miami-Ohio. I was in 5th grade, my mom let me stay home from school so I could watch the game. Hornacek hit the shot at the end- I was hooked. We went on to beat a really good Michigan team two days later. Johnny Orr became my hero.

* Edit: Forward to 15:30 for the shot.




What’s yours?

I was 14 and actually at that game. Wild.

Ron Harper was killing us.

Anyway, my dad had recently changed jobs and was working St. Paul. Family was in the process of moving but mom and the rest of us still lived in Charles City. Dad got tickets and hit me up asking if I wanted to come up to see the game.

Mind you, I was already a Cyclone fan, dad's a grad, etc., so I said yes. Parents got me a ticket on a Greyhound bus to get to St. Paul. Crazy to think about now. Sending a 14 year old alone on a bus to St. Paul in the middle of the night. Eight hour bus ride with all the stops.

Dad met me around midnight in the down town St. Paul Greyhound bus terminal. Crashed at his place and the rest is history. It was a really great game.

 

[nrg4isu]

Probably when I came out of the womb. Pretty sure I attended my first game when I was 3 months old

Same. My dad gave up season tickets to afford me and my sister. Grew up listening to Pete Taylor on the radio. It was probably Pete Taylor as much as anyone that made me a fan. There wasn't much to cheer about, but when something good happened, his calls were epic.

 

[bsaltyman]

Willoughby scoring the winning points against Kansas to win the final Big 8 tournament.

Side note, are there any plans for the team to honor him this year? Maybe they did and I missed it.

I believe that they honored him before the Idaho State game

 

[cyputz]

1975 wrestling

 

[kirk89gt]

Easily, the day I was born. First home was in Pammel Court (both parents are alums). Started going to FB games shortly thereafter and haven’t stopped since. Graduated in 2002, added basketball ~ about 10 years ago, and now have a kid at ISU. The cycle continues…….